The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has intercepted 14, 524.8 kilogrammes of Ghanaian Loud, a strong strain of cannabis sativa, smuggled into Lagos from Ghana loaded in two trucks and a bus.
Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters Abuja, Femi Babafemi, who made this known in a statement on Sunday, February 4, said the three vehicles conveying jumbo bags of the psychoactive substance were trailed and intercepted at Ojuelegba area of Lagos in the early hours of Sunday 28th January 2024.
Babafemi said in the process of blocking the vehicles, two of the drivers jumped off while still in motion while the third driver, 66-year-old Nasiru Ojomu, who works with wanted Akala, Mushin-based drug baron, Suleiman Jimoh also known as Temp was arrested.
Babafemi said in the last three years, NDLEA operatives have seized several shipments of the same psychoactive substance worth billions of naira linked to Temo.
